Yizkor Books Update: April 2012

Posted by Lance Ackerfeld

Shalom,

Once again, during the last month, the Yizkor Book Project grew in all sorts of directions. This growth includes the completion of the "The Martyrdom and Extermination of the Jews in Kielce During World War II" project and the addition of the whole of the Hebrew section from the Vishnevets, Ukraine Yizkor Book, plus substantial additions to many of our other projects currently in progress.

You will see that a number of new books from the Bessarabian region have been added and we are now looking for people to take on the coordination of these important projects. In general, if you would like to become involved in these or any of our other projects, I would definitely like to hear from you. No defined time commitments required - you are the one to generously volunteer some of your free time and you can decide how much time you are able to devote to these endeavors.

Once again, this past month, a number of necrologies have been placed online from a wide range of communities - from Estonia, Satu Mare, Romania, Mlyniv, Ukraine and Thessaloniki, Greece. These necrologies are not only a token way of immortalizing the names of Jews killed in the Holocaust, they also can provide other important genealogical details like dates, family relationships, professions and so on and for these reasons, we do place great efforts into preparing these substantial lists.

I am happy to note that the Yizkor Books in Print Project is well under way and awareness and sales are growing steadily. If you are interested in knowing more about the project, what books are available and where they may be purchased, especially in locations outside the US, you will find all this information by Clicking here

As far as the April figures go, during this last month we have added these 7 new projects: